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Yearly precipitation, share of normal

% of normal · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, nClimDiv monthly temperature and precipitation, via climatedata.dev · rain and melted snow over the year, against its 1991–2020 average

Contiguous US, 2025: 93% of normal
States with a figure: 50 2025
Counties with a figure: 3,134 2025

Yearly precipitation, share of normal, Contiguous US, 1895–202593% of normal in 2025, against 110% of normal in 2015 (−17 pts).

Show the numbers (131 rows)

Year	Contiguous US
2025	93
2024	101
2023	94
2022	91
2021	97
2020	97
2019	111
2018	111
2017	103
2016	100
2015	110
2014	98
2013	99
2012	88
2011	96
2010	100
2009	103
2008	100
2007	93
2006	95
2005	96
2004	106
2003	97
2002	93
2001	93
2000	90
1999	91
1998	108
1997	102
1996	108
1995	104
1994	98
1993	104
1992	100
1991	104
1990	103
1989	93
1988	83
1987	93
1986	100
1985	96
1984	100
1983	111
1982	108
1981	96
1980	90
1979	105
1978	96
1977	97
1976	84
1975	105
1974	98
1973	112
1972	101
1971	97
1970	95
1969	98
1968	97
1967	95
1966	88
1965	95
1964	97
1963	82
1962	91
1961	100
1960	92
1959	98
1958	97
1957	108
1956	81
1955	89
1954	84
1953	90
1952	84
1951	100
1950	99
1949	97
1948	98
1947	94
1946	99
1945	106
1944	98
1943	86
1942	100
1941	105
1940	97
1939	84
1938	95
1937	97
1936	87
1935	94
1934	82
1933	88
1932	97
1931	88
1930	82
1929	96
1928	94
1927	102
1926	99
1925	86
1924	85
1923	101
1922	95
1921	92
1920	100
1919	101
1918	92
1917	81
1916	94
1915	105
1914	92
1913	95
1912	97
1911	94
1910	80
1909	100
1908	95
1907	99
1906	105
1905	104
1904	89
1903	94
1902	98
1901	88
1900	98
1899	92
1898	94
1897	95
1896	95
1895	88

Every state, 2025

Rank	State	Yearly precipitation, share of normal	1 yr	5 yr	10 yr
1	Kentucky	114% of normal	+12 pts	−1 pts	−2 pts
2	South Dakota	110% of normal	+20 pts	+33 pts	+2 pts
3	Oklahoma	109% of normal	+8 pts	+1 pts	−39 pts
4	Montana	106% of normal	+16 pts	+17 pts	+17 pts
5	North Dakota	105% of normal	+7 pts	+37 pts	+11 pts
6	California	105% of normal	−13 pts	+50 pts	+37 pts
7	Alaska	104% of normal	+4 pts	+3 pts	−3 pts
8	Wyoming	102% of normal	+19 pts	+29 pts	−3 pts
9	Kansas	102% of normal	+7 pts	+13 pts	−11 pts
10	Nebraska	101% of normal	+8 pts	+25 pts	−15 pts
11	Arkansas	98% of normal	−6 pts	−23 pts	−30 pts
12	Idaho	98% of normal	+3 pts	+4 pts	+3 pts
13	Tennessee	97% of normal	0 pts	−22 pts	−10 pts
14	West Virginia	96% of normal	+6 pts	−18 pts	−8 pts
15	Ohio	95% of normal	+3 pts	−8 pts	−9 pts
16	Virginia	95% of normal	−5 pts	−39 pts	−14 pts
17	Michigan	94% of normal	−8 pts	−10 pts	+1 pts
18	Iowa	94% of normal	−10 pts	+12 pts	−25 pts
19	Minnesota	93% of normal	−10 pts	+8 pts	−10 pts
20	Washington	93% of normal	−5 pts	−12 pts	−7 pts
21	Nevada	92% of normal	0 pts	+35 pts	−19 pts
22	New York	92% of normal	−9 pts	+2 pts	−1 pts
23	Indiana	91% of normal	−7 pts	−6 pts	−18 pts
24	Rhode Island	91% of normal	−24 pts	+1 pts	+8 pts
25	Vermont	91% of normal	−10 pts	+4 pts	−1 pts
26	Alabama	91% of normal	−8 pts	−30 pts	−17 pts
27	New Mexico	91% of normal	−2 pts	+30 pts	−50 pts
28	Texas	91% of normal	−12 pts	−1 pts	−53 pts
29	Oregon	91% of normal	−23 pts	+1 pts	−3 pts
30	Wisconsin	90% of normal	−19 pts	−10 pts	−15 pts
31	Mississippi	90% of normal	−9 pts	−28 pts	−14 pts
32	Pennsylvania	89% of normal	−10 pts	−7 pts	−6 pts
33	South Carolina	89% of normal	−20 pts	−35 pts	−36 pts
34	Colorado	89% of normal	−18 pts	+21 pts	−32 pts
35	Louisiana	89% of normal	−31 pts	−23 pts	−24 pts
36	Massachusetts	88% of normal	−11 pts	+1 pts	+3 pts
37	North Carolina	88% of normal	−17 pts	−43 pts	−27 pts
38	Delaware	88% of normal	+6 pts	−34 pts	−13 pts
39	Missouri	88% of normal	−13 pts	−19 pts	−40 pts
40	Georgia	88% of normal	−25 pts	−32 pts	−23 pts
41	Connecticut	86% of normal	−21 pts	−3 pts	+10 pts
42	Maine	86% of normal	−9 pts	−4 pts	−9 pts
43	Maryland	85% of normal	−2 pts	−32 pts	−19 pts
44	Arizona	84% of normal	0 pts	+28 pts	−39 pts
45	New Hampshire	84% of normal	−12 pts	−4 pts	−8 pts
46	Florida	82% of normal	−22 pts	−24 pts	−15 pts
47	New Jersey	82% of normal	−8 pts	−23 pts	−11 pts
48	Illinois	81% of normal	−19 pts	−22 pts	−39 pts
49	Utah	77% of normal	−17 pts	+23 pts	−37 pts
50	Hawaii	68% of normal	−19 pts	−36 pts	−60 pts

Rank 1 is the highest value. States are the 50 states, DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands where they have a figure.

Highest and lowest counties, 2025

Highest	State	Yearly precipitation, share of normal
Ziebach County	South Dakota	149% of normal
Perkins County	South Dakota	144% of normal
Ventura County	California	140% of normal
Corson County	South Dakota	140% of normal
Sioux County	North Dakota	140% of normal
Adams County	North Dakota	139% of normal
Boyle County	Kentucky	139% of normal
Dewey County	South Dakota	138% of normal
Los Angeles County	California	137% of normal
Yuma County	Arizona	137% of normal

Lowest	State	Yearly precipitation, share of normal
Kinney County	Texas	50% of normal
Ector County	Texas	57% of normal
Maui County	Hawaii	60% of normal
Atascosa County	Texas	61% of normal
Champaign County	Illinois	61% of normal
La Salle County	Texas	62% of normal
Andrews County	Texas	63% of normal
Kalawao County	Hawaii	64% of normal
Val Verde County	Texas	64% of normal
Catron County	New Mexico	64% of normal

Every county's figure is on its own page, in its profile table, with its rank among all counties and within its state.

Get this data

This page's numbers, as JSON:

curl https://visualizedata.org/data/us-indicators/us-precip-share.json

Every place from climatedata.dev (live, no key; NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information data, this exact version):

curl "https://api.climatedata.dev/v1/county-climate@2026-10-25.b4bbb5298a/download/county-climate.parquet"

Open the JSON

Source

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, nClimDiv monthly temperature and precipitation (U.S. public domain): nClimDiv pcpn, sum of the 12 months / the 1991–2020 mean.
Read through climatedata.dev, dataset county-climate, version 2026-10-25.b4bbb5298a; its 4 input files from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information are named with their sha256 in this page's data, and the site's checks recompute every figure from them.
A year counts once all twelve of its months are in NOAA's file. The figure is the year's total precipitation (rain and melted snow) as a percent of 1991–2020's average yearly total; 100% is a normal year. Counties come from NOAA's county file (climatedata.dev county-climate); states and the contiguous US, the national figure, from its statewide file (us-climate). NOAA's series are built from station data gridded to 5 km, so a county figure is an area average, not one thermometer. NOAA files DC as part of Maryland's county list; it is listed as a county here.
NOAA adds each month early in the next; climatedata.dev re-reads it daily.
8 areas in the source are not places in the geo registry and are left out: us-county-09001, us-county-09003, us-county-09005, us-county-09007, us-county-09009, us-county-09011, us-county-09013, us-county-09015 (Connecticut's former counties, retired Alaska and South Dakota codes, the Virgin Islands).
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